Panopeus (genus)
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| Furrowed Mud Crab (Panopeus occidentalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Panopeidae |
| Genus: | Panopeus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 |
| Type species | |
| Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
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Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species:[1]
- Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857
- Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983
- Panopeus boekei Rathbun, 1915
- Panopeus chilensis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
- Panopeus convexus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus diversus Rathbun. 1933
- Panopeus harttii Smith, 1869
- Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
- Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
- Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1983
- Panopeus obesus Smith, 1869
- Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
- Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
- Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus simpsoni Rathbun, 1930
- Panopeus turgidus Rathbun, 1930
A similar number of fossil species is also known.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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